Shade-guide.



N. D. STILES.

SHADE GUIDE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30, 1910.

984,31 3. Patented Feb. 14,1911.

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SHADE-GUIDE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

*atented Feb. 14, 1911.

Application filed March 30, 1910. Serial No. 552,309.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Nnman D. S'rILEs, eiti zen of the United States,residing at Sparta, in the county of Monroe and State of \Visconsin,have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Shade-Guides, ofwhich the fol lowii'ig is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in guidesfor window shades and has for its object to provide a device which willeliminate the flapping and consequent noise and annoyance produced bythe free end of the shade when the window is lowered from the top orraised from the bottom.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved guide forthe shade so that as the same is rolled up, it will be directed to theroller properly thereby obviating the necessity of again pulling theshade down and starting it straight as is now so often the case with theordinary shade in use, and so prevent fraying or raveling of its edges.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a guide which maybe cheaply manufactured, which will be durable and efficient inconstruction, which will be adapted to be applied to windows and shadesalready installed with very little trouble and which will provide aconstruction whereby the parallel rods or wires forming a part of theguide may be easily released at their lower ends so that the shade maybe freed from the guide at any time desired.

WVith these and other objects in view as will more fully appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain construction,arrangement and combination of the parts that I shall hereinafter fullydescribe and claim.

For a full mulerstanding of the invention reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawing in which:-

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my invention applied; Fig. 2 isan enlarged detached view of one of the guides; and, Fig. 3 is alongitudinal section taken through one of the clamping members.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 1 designates the casing of a windowand 2 the sashes therein. Mounted at the top of the casing in the usualway is a roller shade 3 at. the free end of which is provided a strip tof usual construction.

Coming more particularly to my invention, l provide on each side of thewindow casing parallel rods 5. The upper extremities of said rods arebent to form loops 6 and are secured to the face of the casing near thetop thereof by screws 7 adapted to be received in said loops. lVashers8, carried by said screws, are designed to be interposed between theends of the rods and the cz'lsing, for spacing said rods therefrom.

The rods 5 are designed to extend the full length of the window and areheld near their lower extremities by clamping members 9. Each of saidclamping liiOll'lbOl'S comprises a base plate 10 at one end of which isformed an angularly disposed flange 11. Said base plates are of athickness to correspond to the washers 8 so that the rods 5 will bespaced at equal distance from the face of the casing at both ends andare provided about midway their length on the upper side thereof withtransversely extending grooves 12 which serve as sockets for the lowerends of the rods 5. The angularly disposed flanges 11 are provided neartheir base and about midway the sides of the same with apertures 13which are designed to receive tongues 14; provided on the clampingplates 15. Said clamping plates are of a size to correspond to the bodyportion of the base plates so as to lit neatly over the same and haveformed thereon at one end and about midway of the edges of the same,tongues 14, which are preferably slightly curved. The clamping platesare also provided near their opposite ends with apertures 17 which areadapted to receive a screw eye or other suitable fastening means 18designed to extend through apertures 19 in the base plates and besecured in the casing 1. To assist in holding the base plates in placescrews 22 are passed therethrough as shown.

It should be particularly noted as best illustrated in Fig. 3 that whenin operative position the clamping plates 15 will have a pivotal actionon the rods 5 thereby making it possible to firmly bind the same againstthe base plates 10. Owing to the formation of the tongues 14 the outerextremities thereof will be caused to engage the outer edge of the topof the apertures 13 provided in the flanges 11 thus holding the clampingplates in position as the screw eyes 18 are forced into the casing toclamp the rods.

In the ends of the strip 4 I provide screw eyes 20 or other suitableconnecting means which are mounted to slide freely along the rods 5 asthe shade is raised or lowered. It will thus be clear the said shadewill be guided in its movement and will be properly directed to theroller 21. It will also be clear that the shade will be held againstflapping, as from a current of air, at any point it may be positionedthroughout the length of the window.

Should it be desired to release the shade from the guides itis onlynecessary to remove the ends of the rods 5 from the clamping members 15and draw the shade down until the screw eyes 20 clear the lower ends ofsaid rods when the shade will be free. This will be found to be anespecially advantageous feature when any injury to the shade occursrequiring the same to be removed or when it is found necessary to takethe shade down for any cause.

From the foregoing it will be clear that l have devised a very desirableconstruction for the purpose specified providing advantage in a deviceof this character heretofore not supplied.

Having thus described the invention,what is claimed as new is A shadeguide comprising parallel guides secured at one end on opposite sides ofa window, clamping devices detachably securing the opposite ends of saidguides, each of said devices including clamping members embodying a baseplate provided at one end with an angularly disposed flange having anaperture therein, a clamping plate having a slightly curved tongueformed on one edge thereof and adapted to bind in the aperture of theflange, a screw for securing the clamping plate, a shade, and meanscarried thereby for engagement with the guides.

In testimony whereof, I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NELLIE D. STILES. [n s] lVitnesses F. P. STILEs,

H. Conwnv.

